little tin god

Example Sentences

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Piddie has him down for a little tin god, all right, and that wa'n't such a fool move of Piddie's, either.

From Torchy by Brehm, George

The duke may remain a duke, but he won’t be such a little tin god on wheels.

From The Rough Road by Locke, William John

"He's a little tin god at Fentonville, I've heard," Mrs. Sampson responded, laughing in the mechanical way which was her habit.

From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo

You ain't any little tin god on wheels.

From Steve Yeager by Raine, William MacLeod

Hite continued: "Your little tin god, Professor Herman Brierly, is spending the summer up in Canada, isn't he?"

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will